A new poll finds young voters, many of whom cast their first votes for Barack Obama in 2008, are among the least enthusiastic of any constituency about voting in November. Considering that record high student turnout in November 2008 was Read More »
It’s been a busy week in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The first public forum of candidates for San Francisco’s three contested Board of Education (BOE) seats was held this past Monday and on Tuesday the BOE finalized Read More »
If you want to know something about your religion, don’t turn to the local clergy. The best person to ask is an atheist or agnostic.
At least that’s the logical conclusion one can reach from the latest Pew Forum on Read More »
To the Editor:
Paul Hogarth wrote an excellent and informative analysis – as always – on why we’re mad at Obama. Michael Lerner’s Chronicle op-ed also made many of the same points.
Buck Bagot
San Francisco
To the Editor:
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With five weeks left before the mid-term elections, Barack Obama sat down for a long must-read interview with Rolling Stone – the first time the President has done so for the magazine since winning the White House in 2008. The Read More »
I have written many times about the Bay Area media’s insistence on placing violence in the Uptown Tenderloin that has actually occurred well outside the district. A particularly outrageous example occurred on September 27, when the San Francisco Chronicle, the Read More »
To the Editor:
You may not like Linda McMahon, but Dick Blumenthal is pathetic. I live in Connecticut. This is pretty funny, because he always thought this would be a simple coronation. He’s never taken a risk politically, and this Read More »
With polls showing Republican gains in November dependent on a depressed Democratic turnout, activists are focusing on mobilizing the Democratic base. Among the most dispirited Democratic constituencies has been Latinos, but the latest weekly tracking poll from Latino Decisions shows Read More »
